Modelling benthic oxygen consumption and benthic-pelagic coupling at a shallow station in the southern North Sea

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 120, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-11

  Provoost, Pieter ^a   Braeckman, Ulrike ^b   Van Gansbeke, Dirk ^b   Moodley, Leon ^a   Soetaert, Karline ^a   Middelburg, Jack J ^c   Vanaverbeke, Jan ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benthic pelagic coupling; North Sea; Phaeocystis; Respiration; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; CHLOROPHYLL; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; REMINERALIZATION; RESPIRATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; TIME SERIES; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

PHAEOCYSTIS;

EID: 84875512658     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2013.01.008     Document Type: Article

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